Recreation & Sports
563 sites
Subcategories:
- Gardening (38)
- Hobbies (110)
- Sports (15)
- Travel (59)
- Outdoors (36)
- Collecting (166)
- Model Building (139)
http://vinologue.com/
Vinologue is a wine and travel guide publisher specializing in regional wine books covering areas like Priorat, Georgia, Dalmatia, Montsant, and the Costa Brava. The site by Hudin.com offers enotourism resources, tastings, tours, and an online shop for wine enthusiasts exploring off-the-beaten-path wine regions.
https://expositionmedals.com/
Robert Fowler's comprehensive guide to collecting award medals from American and European World's Fairs and Expositions, covering events from the 1851 Great Exhibition in London through the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. Each exposition gets its own detailed page featuring digital images of the medals, descriptions of design elements, types of awards given, and rich historical context that makes this a gem for numismatic enthusiasts.
http://stanpope.net/plronm.html
Stan Pope shares a heartwarming account from Ron Morrison, Cubmaster of Pack 240, detailing how he created hundreds of natural wood plaques for a large district Pinewood Derby race. The page includes photos of the plaques drying on a sidewalk and links to manufacturing procedures, offering practical inspiration for other scout leaders.
https://outdoorsdirectory.com/
Founded in 1996 by retired Alaska Department of Fish and Game biologist David Johnson, this comprehensive outdoor sports resource covers hunting, fishing, camping, and hiking throughout Alaska's diverse regions. Visitors can explore detailed guides organized by geographic area, gear reviews, survival instruction, and archived forums filled with years of discussions from serious Alaska outdoors enthusiasts.
https://rcgrs.com/
The Rose City Garden Railway Society is a club dedicated to outdoor garden railroading, bringing together enthusiasts of large-scale model trains in the Portland, Oregon area. The site serves as a hub for club members and hobbyists interested in building and running garden railways in outdoor settings.
https://doll.wings.nu/pullip
Feel Like So is a TFL.Org-approved fanlisting dedicated to Pullip, the stylish and highly customizable dolls created by Cheonsang Cheonha and marketed by Groove Inc. Run by Rin, the site invites fellow Pullip enthusiasts to join a growing member list celebrating these beloved collector dolls.
https://amodelrailway.blogspot.com/2011/05/trackwork-for-average-enthusiast.html
David Smith's detailed journal chronicles his model railway building activities, focusing on British Southern Region layouts in 00, N, and O gauge scales across multiple projects. Visitors will find thoughtful discussions of trackwork choices, turnout comparisons, and layout-specific project logs covering historical periods and prototype locations.
http://daphnesdandelions.blogspot.com/
Daphne's Dandelions is a long-running vegetable gardening blog by Daphne Gould, chronicling her harvests, soil experiments, and growing adventures across many seasons. The blog is packed with practical observations like mycorrhizae amendment trials, sweet potato yield comparisons, and participation in the popular Harvest Monday community link-up.
http://postcard.org/
The San Francisco Bay Area Post Card Club (SFBAPCC) is a community organization dedicated to fostering the hobby of postcard collecting, with monthly meetings at Fort Mason Center open to visitors and dealers alike. The site features a Q&A forum, newsletters spanning nearly two decades, exhibit slideshows of rare historical postcards, and information about a 102-page book chronicling the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire.
https://ewhurstgreen.com/
Cailean Watts documents the construction of Ewhurst Green, a 4mm finescale OO gauge model railway inspired by a planned-but-never-built Surrey branch line on British Rail's Southern Region. The site is remarkably detailed, covering layout concept, station operations, passenger and freight traffic, headcodes, rolling stock, and period-accurate scenery across many illustrated sections.